Kerr-Calvert House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

John Calvert House

Street Address:

312 Greenville Street, Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)

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Date Surveyed:

circa 1981

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1901

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Number of Stories:

2 1/2

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

Hipped

Roof Materials:

Asphalt shingle

Porch Shape:

1 story

Signficant Architectural Features:

2 1/2 story; weatherboard; hipped; 2 interior chimneys; 1-story porch w/ hipped roof supported by columns w/ Ionic scamozzi capitals; porch extends across facade and wraps right side; balustrade - simple wooden post; plain entablature porch w/ modillion cornice which is repeated under the roof around cornice; house seems to be divided into apartments because 2 entrances; main entrance centered w/ 2 light glass transom; smaller entrance to the left identical to first; 2/2 light windows w/ louvered shutters; 3rd door angled right side of porch identical to other two; 2nd story tripartite window in center flanked by 2/2 light windows w/ louvered shutters; large galbed dormer on center roof line w/ palladian window; modillion cornice has returns; octagonal one story bay w/ decorated bargeboard w/ flat roof and 2/2 light window.

Survey:

Abbeville - City 1981

Archives Location:

Box 9, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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